Trunk-cover holder.



F. C. TEMPLE.

TRUNK COVER, HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED 0012.17, 1913.

1,096,964. Patented May19,1914.

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FRANK C. TEMPLE, OF BRUNSWICK, MAINE.

TRUNK-COVER HOLDER.

Specification of Letters ram.

Patented May 19,1914.

Application filed October 17, 1913. Serial No. 795,732.

same is to provide simple, reliable, and efficient means for holding thecoverfof a, trunk open so that access maybe had tons contents. p 1

Another object of the invention is to r'ovide a prop for the cover ofthetrunk, 0X, chest or. writing desk'which will operate au tomaticallyto stop the cover or lidand catch bar 5 then resting in said recess andthe lug against the stop to prevent the cover from closing. I

These and other the accompanying drawings, in which,

liigure l partial section of a trunk or box with the cover supported bymeans madeqin' accordance with my invention, a portion'of the trunkcover being broken away? Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. is a detail perspective view. of one end oi the metalprop guide.

l te't'erring to the drawing the numeral 1 designates a trunk or box and2 is. the cover thereof. Atfixed to one. end or side oi the box cover isa bracket 3 provided with a' perforated lug 4 to which is pivoted ametal prop bar 5 upon the pivot pin 6. The op osite end of the prop bar5 is provided with a laterally extending lug 7. i

Secured in a recess in one side or end of the trunk or boxis a: propguide comprising a side member 8 provided with a to portion 9 the latterhaving aflongitudina slot 10 and the latter having an enlarged portion11 at one end thereof. The guide member is secured to the side or end ofthe trunk by suitable fastenings 12. At the bottom of plate 13 issecured said plate having an offset shoulder 14 and an inclined portion15 disposed immediately under the large portion 11 of the guide slot.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingU011 17 which itisdesired to close lifted-to disengage the lug? from theshoulder and to permitit .ing memheril3 until objects may be attained bymeans of the construction illustrated in" is a view in'lside elevationand invent boxes, chests and" desks, and that the" evice is simple. inconstruction; tured atjl'ow cost,;and is efficient Jon itspurpose.

1 The shoulder 14 and the inclined pertion 15 are fitted into acorresponding re-. ccss lG in the side 01' end of the trunkor box, asshown more clearly in Fig. l,and the guide plateis providedwith a stopprojecprevents thewithdrawal of the prop bar 5' when the cover is thrownopen. i

The operation of the invention may be briefiydescribed as follows: Whenthe cover is thrown open the lug? will ride along the beat-in member 13until the lug engages the under side of the o erator thejlux 7 'Wlll.dropagainst the s oulder l l and ld-the cover open. When the cover theprop 5 is tomove along the bearit reachesthe left hand end ofthe recessa, as-shown in Fig. l*,'the 4 being disposed-withinthe enlarged IporlZlOH' 1 1 of the guide slot 10 to permit the edges of the cover andtheend of the trunk oibon to lie/closely From the-foregoinga-"c'over'prop madei in accordance [with m ionamayibe' used to advanta eon together when closed. 1 a

can be manufac- Iclaun:

A wtrunk-cover 'prop comprisinga bar piv i oted at one end to thecover-of the-trunk and posite end provided with "a laterally;

the o exten mg stop lug, 'a' guide; plate secured to the upper ed e Iprovided .wit a longitudinal yslot through which said oppo'siteend'ofthepro bar ex tends, a bearing plate secured; to t e upper .edge of the\end of the trunk ina. recess under the 'guide plate, said bearing platehaving astop shoulder for thte lu and an inclined portion back of theshofider, and the guide plate having a-proection Ito" pre.- vent thewithdrawal of said ug. 4

ture in presenceof two witnesses;

I FRANK C; TEMPLE.

Witnesses: WILLIAM E. RICHARDSON, ARTrrUR J. SNOW.

the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0."

projectionl7 and when ;the:cover'isdisengaged by the hand of the ytwill'be obvious that" strong, durable and of one end of the trunkandi

